Vaud Tax Affair: 202 Million Francs, Two Criminal Proceedings and Unresolved Responsibility Summary by Ernst Anker with Claude Opus The Canton of Vaud did not apply the tax shield "bouclier fiscal" in accordance with th...
Digitalization and Federalism – Is That Even Possible? How Patient Records, DigiSanté and 26 Cantons Are Undermining Switzerland's Sovereignty Claims clarus.news | Analysis | May 22, 2026 At the federal level, the FOPH ...
Dettling versus Wermuth: Where the SRF Daily Discussion Meets the Data – and Where It Misses the Mark clarus.news | Analysis | May 19, 2026 Four weeks before the referendum on the SVP's Sustainability Initiative on June...
Workshop Germany, Vise Switzerland: When China Thinks, Berlin Assembles – and Bern Gets the Bill clarus.news | Analysis | May 20, 2026 In Handelsblatt, Thomas Sigmund warns of an industrial policy division of labor wher...
The Broken Modus Vivendi: Why Parmelin's Plain Speaking Actually Strengthens the Liberal Argument for Bilaterals III clarus.news | Analysis | May 18, 2026 Federal President Guy Parmelin spoke "plain words" publicly for ...
AI in Government: The German List of Deficiencies and the Swiss Excellence clarus.news | Analysis | May 11, 2026 Two audit offices, two reports, two worlds. In April 2025, the German Federal Audit Office dissects the Fe...
Zurich's Tax Miracle 2.0: Lots of Money, Lots of Morals, Lots of Deficit On March 10, 2016, Christina Neuhaus wrote in the NZZ to the effect that: Zurich is not stuck in a growth trap, Zurich benefits from its growth. Te...
Constitution for a Super-AI: Responsibility or Marketing? Teaser: Anthropic has presented a "constitution" for its AI system Claude. The idea: values should not just be layered on top as rules, but embedded in the train...
Swiss Government Cloud: Audit, Cloud Levels and Federal Effort Author: Federal Finance Control / Eidgenössische Finanzkontrolle (EFK) Source: Audit Swiss Government Cloud – CDF-25155 Publication Date: 10.10.2025 Reading ...
Between Oligarchy Panic and Realpolitik: How Switzerland Navigates the Storm – and Who Screams the Loudest Author: [email protected] When the sirens wail in Bern – both politically and rhetorically – it usually has some...